Tile floor



Jan. 13, 1931. w. B. JASPERT 1,788,432

TILE FLOOR Filed Feb. 7, 1928 INVENTOR Patented den. l3, 1931 ,iysaea win-1mg, JAsPER'r. or megawatts;rsaass ivsmr.-

1 f TILIi FLQbR Application fiieri February 7, 1925. Serial No. 252,536.

This invention relates to'improvements in composite floors such as tilefioors and the like, and it is among the objectsthereof to providea composite floor structure having a 5. durable wearing surface of relatively hard material which is supported on thesub-fioor in such a manner as to possess the characten istics of a resilient Wearing-surface, in the sense that it will substantially eliminate the 0 production of soundand will he of a sound and heat insulating character. a

Another object of the invention is to providei tile floor in which the tile is secured to the supporting structure by. strips of terial which are interlocked with the body of the tile. V

Still another object, of the invention is to provide a binding strip for tile Which shall hecontinuous, that is, in long lengths whereby the laying of tile is greatly facilitated.

' Still another object of the invention is to provide means for fastening ,thetilelocking strips in a manner. to reinforce. such strips and to permit securing the tileuponthe foundation ineinher. These and other ObJGCtS Wlll become more apparent from a consideration of theaccompanying drawings, in which like reterence characters designate like parts and in which Fig. 1 is a'view in perspective of a composite floor structure embodying the principles of this invention; Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are similar views illustrating the tile and manner. of interlocking them in accordance with the invention; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a tile supporting member; 5 is a crosssectional *iow of the tile fastening strip enibodying a reinforced element; Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of a one. piece st ip ttor' fastening tile; andli'igs; land 8. areplan views illustrating several designs to which the form of strip shown in Fig. 6 will lend itself. 7

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, the structure therein illustrated comprises a foundation member of boards 1 which are located on joists in the usual manner, or the. foundation member may comprise any suita-- ble support to which tile may be secured. The tile 2 is fastened on the foundation memly lessened};

with the floor is ,vei that a floor mad 3 p, wh t by is a i ely si her-by strips tandin the preferred construc- #191111. rubber sheeting or otljieifre silient mate'ri'al 1s inter-posed;betweenthetile 'ancl foun tion, the successive tiles: areressured against 1 displacement by aninterl'ock e'ctedthrough; thezbindine'.

ps4. whiohcorisists ofthe operative engagement otton 'ues dformedfeo .-he-binding strip fit-11S foi ine lofra resilient material such. as rubber vhicliis of sul'hcient strength tovprevent the displacement oi" the tile an d which is ofv sucli tphysicatcharacteristics that theind' tiles. isolated whereb. the production ol.soundismaterial- When tile ,p' ioductio p p 1 on rubber sheeting 3 the v of sound}. resulting". from impact;

' 'tli the' result 75.

.tile having allthe do 7 sired wearingcharacteristics, such as hard'- 7 ness, strength and propen decorative cii can be] utilized withoiitQobt'aining the (let I mental.efiectslres'ultingfrom the;employment t l supported the manner heretofore practiced I A's SllbWll air-1g; -ithefliindhi, a a and" resilient siippor mg sheet 9 may be made inone piec'e by molding-1 T'il'emay beeither; 85, glued or interlocked in the molded support and the latter maybe fastened to the to'undation' in any suitable manner.

- Referring to- 53 a,reeenforcing strip 11' is molded "into theirubber stripe as shown, the-strip ll being of; any; suitable shape but preferably of a. fornr which projects overor Pa t a ly-n' lepsthez eegus lem ebtthe tile which is disposed in the grooe6; QZE the t s e e means. is providedtor secur mg: the tile to the foundation; n elnber. Tli strips l; ay

ste d brdr vi gla man 01' e W llfQ I 'V vergentedges in alinement resulting in the design shown in which the tile, although sur:

rounded bythe'strip on all'its foursides, are.

. theoretically contacting at their points, al-

thon'gh practically such a design would pos-V sess the characteristics of the composite floor illustrated in Fig. 1.

' strip on all sides and at its convergent edge In Fig; 8 the strips been ofi'set to support the tile inthemanner'shown so that" the individual tile willbe surrounded by 'a precisely in the manner-shown in Fig. 1.

By utilization of the strip as shown in Fig. 7 6, laying of the tile is greatlyfacilitated since it is obvious that a strip can beplaced on a row of tile to hold the same in position and at thesame time const1tute a pattern or 11g rm the laying of the next row of tile whereby an accurate spacing and placing of tile' is assured.

- It willbe evident from the foregoing de scription ofthis invention jthatrcomposite 'floors made in accordance therewith, possess all the'de'sired properties of decorative and serviceable .fiooring for dwellings and public bedded therein which overlaps theiinterlocking edges of adjacent tile.

3. 'A composite floor comprlsing 1n combination a foundation member, a Wearing surface of tile having edge facesofirregular contour and strips of resilient material having reenforcing lmaterial embedded therein and having theirtile engaging-edges compleinentary in shape to the edge of said tile for interlocking engagement therewith, the reenforcingmaterial of saidstrip-s extending be yond the interloclringfe'dgeof thetile and strip members.

Iii testimony whereof, I have hereunto'set my hand. r

" WILLIAM B. JASPERI;

buildings and it is particularlyevident that j i ,ber such as reclaimedrubber whichis avail- "able in commercial quantities and which can V the art that various changes maybe made in,

p the details of constructionand inthe arrangetically indestructiblematerials. 7

His further evident'that the resilient sup--- such flooring may be constructed porting sheeting and strip materials maybe made oat-relatively inexpensive grades of rubof prac be readily molded/to the shapefan'd di nensions of the form of strip required.

Although several embodiments of the invention have been herein illustrated and described, it willbe obvious to-those's'killed in ment of the severalf cooperating. parts with- 'gOllli departing from'the.princi-plesherein set.

forth. 7

I claim: 1

l. A composite floor comprising a wearing surface oftile'secured to "a foundation inember by molded binding strips of? zig-zag' shape, said strips having irregular contours for engagement ithcomplementary shaped edges of the'ti'le tolforrhia mechaniclal'inter l o ck'thereW th.f- I '2. 'Acomposite floor comprising 111 combination foundation member, a wearing I surface'of tile preformed'strips for inter lockingwith the edges of said "tile" and for V fastening-said tile to the foundation member,

said strips having reenforcing materialem 

